QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

· Level 5 Leadership and Management in Children & Young People is essential
· Driver - Essential.
· Valid Enhanced DBS record
· Experience in a managerial role is preferred
· Previous Ofsted experience is essential

PURPOSE OF JOB

We are looking for a Children’s Registered Manager who will be responsible for the registration and overseeing of our new 4 bedded Children’s Home (Sycamore House)
To effectively and efficiently oversee and manage a group placement to a high standard. To work within and ensure effective delivery of the main responsibilities and key result areas identified within the role of a manager. To ensure good outcomes for all the young people placed at the home.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take overall responsibility for all staff, delegating effectively and appropriately.
• Manage and monitor labour costs, staffing structures, and rota’s, ensuring they meet requirements of the children’s needs and are in line with allocated labour budgets.
• Ensure all staff are aware of their responsibilities in relation to adherence of policies, both in the home, the organisation and those set out in Children’s Legislation and Regulations.
• Ensure all staff adhere to and work within the policies and procedures established in the organisation and the home.
• Develop and make known to staff a variety of intervention strategies regarding behaviour management. In order that children can develop coping mechanisms and changes in patterns of behaviour.
• Take a lead in ensuring meetings and reviews of children and staff are delivered within the required time scales.
• Ensure effective delivery of individual care planning requirements for children
• Ensure that the high standards expected in the delivery of care are upheld and that the standing of the Company is maintained.
• Ensure the home has sufficient and varied information which is accessible to all regarding access to support agencies that will promote the health and wellbeing of children in placement.
• Take the lead in ensuring an open culture is created, one in which children feel that they can complain and that they are listened to.
• Ensure that the home functions in such a manner that staff; children understand, recognise, and celebrate the diversity of cultures and beliefs within the local and wider community.
• Complete the administration of financial, payroll and staffing-related matters in the home within the prescribed time scales.
• Work in collaboration with Human Resources to manage all employee relations within the home, in line with current employment legislation and company policies and procedures
• Work within the code of confidentiality and ensure that records in the home are stored and held in a manner that is compliant with regulations. Undertake and participate in any required training programs which are relevant to the employment of staff working in children & services, paying particular regard to residential care and the management role.
• Provide staff with sufficient information that ensures they understand the role of a key worker and devise monitoring systems, which will ensure this is delivered to a high standard.
• Promote and actively encourage the professional development of staff.
• Ensure that all administrative requirements of the home are maintained in such a way that they are compliant with good childcare practice, homes procedures, company policies and children’s regulations.
• Ensure staff are aware of and deliver the support required, to ensure the life chance opportunities of children are met in relation to their social, educational, leisure, emotional, physical and cultural needs.
• To have systems and processes in place which all staff understands, and are compliant with Safeguarding and Child Protection under Children’s Regulations.
• At all times promote and ensure anti-discriminatory practice.
• Produce, co-ordinate and edit reports to ensure they are delivered to a high standard.
• Design systems and processes for the delivery of supervision, and Personal Development Plans (PDP) to all members of staff, working within the organisations policies and procedures.
• Directly deliver supervision to identified members of staff, in relation to Supervision and Personal Development Plans (PDP).
• Safeguard and protect the health and wellbeing of children.
• Work in partnership with families, local authorities and external agencies.
• You must co-operate with the Company in complying with the Health and Safety yourself with the Fire, Health and Safety
• Procedures at your place of work and carry out relevant risk assessments of unsafe practices and conditions that present a safety risk.
• Some shift work which includes evening/sleeps - plus willingness to provide ‘on-call’ telephone cover
• See job advertisement for Minimum qualification requirements re Children’s Homes Regulations 2015.